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Career opportunities in the NHS
Alan Simmons Careers Consultant, NHS Careers
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What do these careers have in common?

• Psychiatrist

• Physiotherapist

You can find them all (and about 300 others)
in the NHS

• Biomedical scientist

• Dietitian

• Vehicle technician

• Medical secretary

• Computer support analyst

• Phlebotomist

• Housekeeper

• Mental health nurse

• Midwife

• Clinical engineer

• Forensic psychologist

• Finance manager

• Therapeutic radiographer

• Electrician

• Audiologist

• Music therapist

• Catering manager

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The National Health Service - Background

• Employs approximately 1.3 million staff (in
  England alone)
• Comprises around 450 separate organisations
  (usually known as
• Trusts) - each an employer in its own right
• 62 of the workforce are not doctors, dentists
  or nurses
• Nearly half of NHS staff have degree-level/profes
  sional qualifications
• Spends around 4 billion per year on higher
  education and training
• leading to registration
• Centralised process for some graduate
  opportunities (but not all)
• Invests in part-time study for staff up to to
  degree, diploma and
• professional qualification level
• Role re-design affecting range of opportunities
  available

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Staff in the NHS 2005 (approx!)
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Career areas in the NHS

• Allied health professions
• Ambulance service
• Dental team
• Doctors
• Health informatics

• Healthcare science
• Managers
• Nursing Midwifery
• Wider healthcare team

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Examples of careers in the Allied Health
Professions

• Adult psychotherapist
• Art therapist
• Child psychotherapist
• Chiropodist/podiatrist
• Clinical psychologist
• Counselling psychologist
• Diagnostic radiographer
• Dietitian
• Dramatherapist
• Forensic psychologist
• Health psychologist

• Music therapist
• Occupational therapist
• Orthoptist
• Orthotist
• Physiotherapist
• Prosthetist
• Psychotherapist
• Therapeutic radiographer
• Speech and language therapist
• Technical instructor

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Examples of careers in the Ambulance Service team

• Ambulance care assistant
• Ambulance technician
• Call handler
• Control room manager
• Control room supervisor
• Emergency care practitioner
• Emergency medical dispatcher
• Paramedic
• Patient transport services controller
• Patient transport services driver

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Examples of careers in the Dental Team

• Associate dentist
• Assistant dentist
• Dental nurse
• Dental hygienist
• Dental therapist
• Dental technician
• Dental surgeon
• Dentist - community

• Dentist - general practice
• Dentist hospital
• Dentist public health
• Oral maxillo-facial surgeon
• Orthodontist
• Paediatric dentist
• Restorative dentist
• Vocational trainee

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Examples of career areas for Doctors

• Acute care common stem (ACCS)
• Anaesthesia
• Chemical pathology
• General practice
• Histopathology
• Medical microbiology virology
• Medicine in general
• Emergency medicine

• Neurosurgery (core neuroscience training)
• Obstetrics gynaecology
• Ophthalmology
• Oral and maxillofacial surgery
• Paediatrics
• Psychiatry in general
• Public health
• Surgery in general

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Examples of careers in Health Informatics

• Administrative assistant
• Assistant IT support officer
• Assistant manager, medical Records
• Clinic clerk
• Clinical audit manager/officer
• Clinical coder
• Clinical records officer
• Computer manager and information co-ordinator
• Information analyst
• Information services manager

• Information specialist
• Information/library officer
• IT trainer
• Knowledge and information manager
• Librarian
• Medical records clerk
• Network manager
• Patient liaison manager
• Project manager
• Public health intelligence manager
• Telecommunications manager
• Ward clerk

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Examples of careers in Healthcare Science
(Engineering and physical sciences)
(Physiological)
(Life)

• Audiology
• Cardiology
• Clinical perfusion
• Critical care technology
• G I physiology
• Hearing therapy
• Neurophysiology
• Ophthalmic science
• Respiratory physiology
• Urodynamics
• Vascular technology
• Vision science

• Anatomical pathology
• Blood transfusion
• Clinical biochemistry
• Clinical embryology
• Clinical immunology
• Cytopathology
• Haematology
• Histopathology
• Phlebotomy

• Biomechanical engineering
• Equipment management
• Information technology / computer science
• Medical engineering rehabilitation engineering
• Diagnostic radiology
• Nuclear medicine
• Radiation protection
• Renal dialysis
• Medical illustrators
• Maxillofacial prosthetics

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Managers of

• Administration
• (the) Board
• Change
• Clinical audit
• Clinical governance
• Clinical risk
• Clinical site
• Commissioning
• Communications/public relations
• Contracts
• Estates facilities
• Finance
• General services
• Hotel services

• Human resources
• Information
• Information management
• Linen/laundry services
• Medical records
• Patient services/patient liaison
• Training
• Projects
• Practice (e.g. a GP surgery)
• Primary care development
• Procurement and supplies
• Sterile services
• Strategic development

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Examples of careers in Nursing Midwifery

• Community nurse
• District nurse
• General/adult nurse
• Health visitor
• Learning disability nurse
• Mental health nurse
• Midwife
• Occupational health nurse
• Paediatric (childrens) nurse
• Practice nurse
• Prison nurse
• School nurse

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Examples of careers in the Wider Healthcare Team

• Administration
• Clerk
• Medical record keeper
• Medical secretary
• Receptionist
• Secretary/typist
• Switchboard operator/telephonist

• Corporate services
• Architect
• Chaplain
• Engineer
• Finance staff
• Health education/promotion
• officer
• Hospital play staff
• Human resources staff
• Librarians
• Surveyors

• Estates services
• Building worker bricklayer/
• carpenter/painter/plumber/tiler
• Caretaker
• Electrician
• Estates manager
• Estate technician
• Gardener/grounds staff
• Window cleaner

• Clinical support services
• Arts therapy assistant
• Assistant dietitian
• Assistant technical officer
• Cardiographer
• Clinical support worker in dentistry
• Maternity support worker
• Medical laboratory assistant
• Newborn hearing screener
• Nursing healthcare assistant
• Occupational therapy assistant
• Physiotherapy assistant
• Phlebotomist
• Podiatry assistant
• Radiography assistant
• Speech and language therapy assistant

• Domestic services
• Catering manager
• Catering assistant
• Assistant catering manager
• Chef/head chef/assistant chef
• Domestic services manager/
• supervisor
• Domestic services assistant
• Housekeeper
• Laundry manager/assistant

• Support services
• Audiovisual technician
• Driver
• Fire safety officer
• Messenger
• Porter
• Security
• Sterile services manager/
• assistant
• Storekeeper

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Subject areas and examples of possible careers
Doctor
Psychiatry
GP
Surgery
Gen. Medicine
SCIENCE
Nurse
Mental Health
Child
Adult
Learning Disability
Midwife
ART MUSIC DRAMA
Podiatry
Therapeutic Radiography
Allied Health Professional
Dietetics
Speech Language Therapy
Art Therapy
Drama Therapy
Music Therapy
ENGLISH
Healthcare Scientist
Physiological Sciences
Life Sciences
Physical Sciences Engineering
Pharmacy
Health Informatics
MATHS
Information Management (Stats)
Knowledge Management (eg Librarianship)
Management
Financial Management
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Subject areas and examples of possible careers
Hotel Estates Services
Catering
Housekeeping
DESIGN TECHNOLOGY
Building Maintenance
Portering
Nurse
Mental Health
Child
Adult
Learning Disability
HEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE
Healthcare Assistant/Support Worker
Midwife
Dietetics
Therapy Assistant
Paramedic
Allied Health Professional
Occupational Therapy
Orthoptics
BUSINESS STUDIES
Financial
HR
General
Hotel Services
Management
Information Systems
Purchasing and Supply
Estate Services
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Health Informatics
Information Communications and Technology
Health Records
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Opportunities for University entrants

• Occupational Therapy
• Operating Department Practice
• Pharmacy
• Podiatry/Chiropody
• Prosthetics and Orthotics
• Psychology
• Physiotherapy
• Radiography Therapeutic Diagnostic
• Speech Language Therapy

• Audiology
• Clinical Perfusion
• Dental Hygiene
• Dental Therapy
• Dentistry
• Dietetics
• Medicine
• Midwifery
• Neurophysiology
• Nursing
• Orthoptics

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Financial help for clinical career-related courses
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Opportunities for Graduates - Non-clinical

• Graduate Management Training Scheme
• Financial Management stream
• General Management stream
• Human Resource Management stream
• Other non-scheme opportunities e.g.
• Health Informatics (e.g. Librarians,
  Statisticians)
• Operational Management
• Engineering etc.

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Opportunities for Graduates Clinical

• Grade A Clinical Scientist Training (approx 200
  per year) relevant science degree
• Biomedical Scientists
• Arts Therapists (Music, Drama Art Therapy)
• Psychologists Clinical, Counselling, Forensic,
  Health,
• Accelerated programmes for graduates
• Dentistry
• Dietetics
• Medicine
• Nursing
• Occupational Therapy
• Physiotherapy
• Radiography (Therapeutic and Diagnostic)
• Speech Language Therapy

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• but dont forget the many opportunities for
  non-University trained staff too!

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Career Framework for the NHS
EXAMPLES
Consultant Psychiatrist, Board Director
More senior staff
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Nurse Consultant, Consultant SLT, Chief Pharmacist
Consultant Practitioners
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Advanced Practitioners
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Head of Estates, Specialist OT/Midwife
Hotel Services Manager, Community Psychiatric
Nurse, SHO, Health Visitor
Senior Practitioners
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New entrant Radiographer, Midwife, Nurse
Paramedic, OT, Biomedical Scientist
Practitioners
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Assist. Pract. (Technical Cardiology), Asst.
Pract. (Neurology), OT Technician
Assist./Assoc. Practitioners
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Medical Sec., Senior. Housekeeper, Therapy
Assistant, HCA, ATO
Senior Healthcare Assist./Technicians
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Support Workers
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Clinical Support Worker, Cook, Housekeeper
Domestic, Porter, Cadet, Care Assistant
Initial Entry level jobs
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Pay How much do they earn?
19,166
Nurse straight after University
19,166
Speech Language Therapist straight after
University
Doctor in first salaried post
20,741
Doctor 5 years after Medical School
48,000
22,886 - 31,004
Librarian Team Leader
Occupational Therapy/Physiotherapy Support Worker
12,177 - 15,107
14,037 16,799
Medical Secretary (entry level)
27,622 - 36,416
Registered Clinical Scientist
41,083 - 60,880
Consultant Radiographer
NB Rates as at 4-06. Additional allowances may be
payable e.g. for shift work, living in London
etc
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Features and Benefits

• Genuinely make a difference to the health of the
  community
• National organisation opportunities to move
• Agenda for Change (pay system)
• Pension scheme (final salary scheme)
• Improving Working Lives (retention)
• Varied range of job roles
• Knowledge and Skills Framework enables
  progression opportunities
• New roles (e.g. AHP Consultant posts, Assistant
  Practitioners)
• Bursaries available for pre-registration training
  in a number of careers

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NHS Careers Information Service www.nhscareers.nhs
.uk
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What Is NHS Careers?

• NHS Careers Service
• Information service for England
• Careers literature
• Website
• Delivered through local NHS Organisations
  (SHAs and NHS Trusts)
• There is separate provision in Scotland
  and Wales

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What is NHS Careers?

• Careers information ?
• Job vacancies ? (England Wales)
• Careers counselling/guidance ?
• England only ?
• There is separate provision in Scotland and
  Wales

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NHS Careers New literature
A5 booklet replacing DL booklet
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NHS Careers New website features

• Over 1000 pages, comprising
• Detailed careers information
• Explore by career section
• Explore by who you are section
• Careers A-Z section
• Email enquiry facility
• On line order form for literature/download
  publications
• Monthly feature section
• Links to Professional Bodies, HEIs, DH/NHS
  websites etc.
• High profile link to NHS Jobs (job vacancy site)

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NHS Jobs website
www.jobs.nhs.uk
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